Details of Railway Accidents in the Ottawa Area

1959, June 25
- Twenty three cars derail on a CNR freight train near Lancaster, Kingston subdivision, no injuries

From the Ottawa Journal Thursday 25 June 1959

Derailment At LancasterLANCASTER,
Ont. Twenty-three car of a west bound Canadian National Railways
freight train were derailed Wednesday night, tying up traffic on both
tracks of the CNR's main line between Toronto and Montreal until this
morning.No one was injured in the wreck, believcd to have been
caused when a wheel assembly on one of the train's approroximately 90
cars developed trouble.The derailment occurred about one-quarter of a mile west of this village 13 miles east of Cornwall.One
of the tracks was cleared this morniig. by.wrecking crews from
Montreal. The overnight passenger train from Montreal to Toronto was
reported running five hours behind schedule because of the mishap.